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A Novel tool for Health Literacy: Using Comic Books to Combat Childhood Obesity
A Novel tool for Health Literacy: Using Comic Books to Combat Childhood Obesity
- Source :
- Journal of hospital librarianship. 16(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Childhood obesity remains a serious problem that requires health literacy projects to engage both parents and children in making healthy choices. This paper describes an award-funded project designed by LSU Health Shreveport (LSUHS) faculty from the Health Sciences Library and the Department of Pediatrics who created a comic book to help children and their parents learn practical ways children can make healthier lifestyle choices. LSUHS also collaborated with LSU-Shreveport to recruit a student artist, who illustrated the comic and designed promotional items used to promote the print and online versions of the book throughout the community.
- Subjects :
- Medical education
business.product_category
business.industry
Health literacy
Advertising
General Medicine
Library and Information Sciences
Comics
medicine.disease
Childhood obesity
Article
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030225 pediatrics
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
business
Promotional Item
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15323269
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of hospital librarianship
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2d0f7164553226e3ff91b460b3ee1286